XANTHINE-OXIDASE AS A SOURCE OF FREE-RADICAL DAMAGE IN MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
XANTHINE-OXIDASE AS A SOURCE OF FREE-RADICAL DAMAGE IN MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-2828(85)80017-1
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
DOWNEY, JM
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作者:
CHAMBERS, DE;PARKS, DA;DOWNEY, JM
Experiments were performed to determine if xanthine oxidase is a source of free radicals during myocardial ischemia. Open chest dogs were subjected to 1 h of total occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery followed by 4 h of reperfusion. Directly after coronary artery occlusion, Ce141 microspheres were injected into the left atrium to mark the ischemic bed. At the end of reperfusion, the hearts were removed and sectioned. Autoradiography determined the ischemic myocardium at risk; the necrotic zone was determined by triphenyl-tetrazolium staining. Animals were divided into 3 groups: control; allopurinol (24 h oral pretreatment 400 mg, then 50 mg/kg i.v. bolus on occlusion); and superoxide dismutase starting with occlusion (15,000 U/kg). The size of the infarct as a percentage of the tissue at risk was: 23.1 .+-. 4.1 for the control; 8.7 .+-. 1.2 for the allopurinol group; and 5.4 .+-. 1.2 for the superoxide dismutase group. Infarcts in the allopurinol and superoxide dismutase groups were significantly smaller than those in the control groups. In a 2nd series of experiments xanthine oxidase/xanthine dehydrogenase content was determined in dog myocardium. The left anterior descending branch was ligated for 30 min; biopsies were removed from the normal and ischemic regions. Total enzyme content did not differ between the 2 regions averaging 0.259 U/g protein for the ischemic tissue and 0.225 U/g protein for the normal region. Only 9.8% of the enzyme was in the oxidase form in the normal region while 32.8% was in the oxidase form in the ischemic zone. Dog myocardium does contain xanthine oxidase. This content increases with ischemia. Blockade of this enzyme afforded protection comparable to that of the superoxide scavenger superoxide dismutase.